Former Labour leader and MP Jeremy Corbyn opposes the UK government's plan to house 500 adult male migrants on a prison ship off the Dorset coast. He criticizes the policy as "morally indefensible ...

About 500 adult male migrants will be housed in a barge on the Dorset coast "in the coming months", the government has confirmed. The plans have been criticised by local groups, refugee charities ...

Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union outlines ‘serious fire and safety concerns’ over Bibby Stockholm Suella Braverman’s stalled plan to house asylum seekers on a giant barge is facing a major ...

The Government is set to hire a number of additional barges to tackle Britain’s migrant crisis, despite the Bibby Stockholm still housing no asylum seekers. The flagship barge, docked in Dorset ...

Work follows a fire inspection which called for five changes to improve safety at the barge moored at Portland Docks, Dorset ...

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile The new arrivals come amid a steady rise in migration to the European Union country, which officials mostly attribute to ...

The first asylum seekers have arrived on the Bibby Stockholm barge with more expected later today. The vessel moored in Portland Port, Dorset, will eventually accommodate up to 500 males.

Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union outlines ‘serious fire and safety concerns’ over Bibby Stockholm Suella Braverman’s stalled plan to house asylum seekers on a giant barge is facing a major ...

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Meloni is visiting the Greek ...